Fujifilm offers silver X-T1 and firmware update

In time for Photokina, Fujifilm has announced a new version of its weather-resistant X-T1 camera. The Graphite Silver edition' X-T1 gets a multi-layer coating of ultra-fine paint particles for a 'smooth and luxurious' finish. Also announced is an X-T1 and XF 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR kit for the black edition of the camera, available in September for $1899.95.

The silver X-T1 will offer a few features introduced with the just-announced X100T. These include a maximum shutter speed of 1/32,000 second when using electronic shutter, a 'Classic Chrome' film simulation mode and 'natural live view' mode that allows the user to disable live preview of film mode effects in the viewfinder. The silver edition X-T1 will be available in November body-only for $1499.95.

Both silver and black versions of the camera will get a firmware update in December, bringing the Silver version's additional features and making some notable changes to camera operation and interface. With the update, direct AF area selection will be offered with the four-way controller, and items included in the camera's Q menu will be customizable by the user. It also introduces video frame rate selection, making 50, 25, and 24 fps options available.

Valhalla, N.Y., September 10, 2014 – FUJIFILM North America Corporation today announced the new special edition FUJIFILM X-T1 Graphite Silver, a weather-resistant premium interchangeable lens camera with a large OLED electronic viewfinder (EVF) that delivers an instant image preview. The X-T1 Graphite Silver also includes the latest generation 16.3 Megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor and the segment's fastest autofocus of 0.08 seconds*1 for professional photographers and enthusiasts who want the ultimate in image quality in all weather conditions.

Triple layer coating for a remarkable Graphite Silver finishThe new FUJIFILM X-T1 Graphite Silver edition uses a triple layer coating to give it a unique and durable fit and finish. Following an antioxidant treatment on the magnesium body, a matte black undercoat (primer) is applied to the X-T1 as a first coat. The black undercoat tightens the colors of the shadowed areas and makes the highlighted areas stand out. Then, the X-T1 body is rotated at a high speed while thin coats of ultra-fine paint particles are layered using a computer controlled "Thin-film Multilayer Coating Technology" for a smooth and luxurious Graphite Silver finish. Finally, the X-T1 is given a clear coat for extra durability and a deep gloss finish that subtly changes its appearance depending on how it is struck by the light.

Natural Live View and increased shutter speedThe FUJIFILM X-T1 Graphite Silver edition has been upgraded with a new Natural Live View in the EVF that displays images just as the naked eye sees them. With the X-T1 Graphite Silver edition, users can disable the Preview Picture effects from viewfinder image while shooting to display a truly natural image composition just as they would see with an optical viewfinder.

The FUJIFILM X-T1 Graphite Silver edition is now equipped with a high-speed electronic shutter that has a maximum speed of 1/32000 second that can be set in 1/3 steps when using the FUJINON XF23mmF1.4 R, XF35mmF1.4 R, or the XF56mmF1.2 R lenses. Additionally, the mechanical shutter will not operate when any speed for the electronic shutter is selected for a completely silent shooting experience.

New "Classic Chrome" film simulationFujifilm's renowned image quality has been cultivated through the development of photographic films over the past 80 years and helps to reproduce warm skin tones, bright blue skies and rich green trees, just as photographers remember the scene. The FUJIFILM X-T1 Graphite Silver edition ships with the new ‘Classic Chrome' film simulation mode, which delivers muted tones and deep color reproduction

FUJIFILM X-T1 and XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR kit in black announcedFor professional and enthusiast photographers who want the ultimate in X-Series image quality and weather-resistance, the FUJIFILM X-T1 and XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR will be available as a kit (black only) in late September 2014. The FUJINON XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR is a durable, weather-resistant zoom lens with a 27-206mm equivalent that has the world's most advanced 5.0-stop image stabilization system. With more than 20 sealing points for a dust-proof and weather-resistant design, the lens gives photographers a wide range of outdoor shooting capabilities. With the X-T1 and XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR combination, photographers can now have an outstanding shooting experience in a remarkably light-weight kit for this zoom range.

Exciting firmware update coming December 2014 (X-T1 Graphite Silver and X-T1 Black)Fujifilm will release a free, comprehensive firmware update in December 2014 specifically for the new FUJIFILM X-T1 Graphite Silver and the original X-T1 Black that will give users exciting new features and controls to dramatically enhance their X-T1 shooting experience, including:

AF Area direct selection – Users can select the focus area with the 4-way controller, without pressing the Fn Key.

Function replacement for the AE-L/AF-L buttons - The currently locked AE-L/AF-L button function will now be interchangeable, depending on the user's preference.

Focus Area size variability during MF – Users will be able to change the focus area in Manual mode during One Push AF with the AF-L button.

Macro Mode direct selection – Users will be able to directly turn ON or OFF the Macro function in Auto Focus mode to expand the distance measurement range to the short-distance range. This will be possible without accessing the pop-up menu screen.

Q Menu customization - The update will render the items and layout of the Q Menu, used for quick access of frequently-used items, changeable to the user's preference.

Video frame rate selection - In addition to the existing 60fps and 30fps selections, 50fps and 25fps, as well as a 24fps selection will become available to users. 50fps and 25fps allow video editing in the PAL region, such as Europe and elsewhere, without converting the frame rate. The 24fps will offer movie-like video capture and play back.

Video manual shooting – Users will be able to select ISO sensitivity prior to shooting videos, as well as adjusting the aperture and shutter speed during video shooting.

Phase Detection AF support for One Push AF - With One Push AF, operated by pressing the AF-L button during manual focusing, the update will enable Phase Detection AF with quicker focusing speeds.

Metering area focus area interlocking - The update will enable users to interlock the AF area position with the metering area when spot metering is selected.

Expansion of the Program Shift setting area - The update will enable the current Program Shift, in which the low-speed side is 1/4 second, to be shifted to a maximum of 4 seconds.

FUJIFILM X-T1 Graphite Silver edition key features:

16.3 million Megapixels APS-C X-Trans CMOS II Sensor

Dust and water-resistant body with more than 75 points of weather sealing. Freeze resistance to 14°F (-10°C).

The FUJIFILM X-T1 Graphite Silver edition body will be available in late November 2014 for USD $1499.95 \ CAD $1499.99 in addition to the current FUJIFILM X-T1 black model.

The FUJIFILM X-T1 and XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR kit will be available in black only, in late September 2014 for USD$1,899.95\ CAD $1,999.99.

*1: Fastest AF speed among digital cameras equipped with an APS-C or larger sensor. Measurement conducted by Fujifilm research based on CIPA guidelines using the X-T1 equipped with XF14mmF2.8 R lens in High Performance mode as of January 2014

Comments

Hi, now I'm a little confused and probably a bit ignorant but can someone explain about the electronic shutter, does the Black version have an electronic shutter as well as a mechanical one? is it in use or will a firmware update bring it to life? I see on the silver version the speeds on the top dial only go to 1/4000th the same as the Black version so presumably the higher "new" speeds are selected in the menu. If the only difference between the two versions will be the colour (after update is available) will both versions be truly identical?

It always amuses me a little with camera finishes that what ever comes out first, black or silver, there is always a demand for the other colour hmm...

Anyway if anyone knows about the electronic shutter please enlighten me.Sorry if this has already been covered and I've missed it!Regards to all

So like presented on Fujifilm Website X-T1 black and X-T1 silver are completly the same cameras with 100% the same hardware like processors and so on. They only differs in color and in the availability of the new functions via firmware. So in 2015 they only differs in color.

By reading all these comments I was unsure of buying a black one at this moment. But now I will get one.

Will using the Electronic Shutter for timelapse photos help to prevent wearing out the mechanical shutter? One picture every 3 seconds for 24 hours would result in 28,800 pictures. Some shutters are rated for anywhere from 20,000 to 250,000 actuations. I'm not sure what X-T1 shutter rating is. It would be very easy to "burn out" the mechanical shutter by doing just a few long timelapse sessions! So, does anyone know if using the electronic shutter would keep the mechanical shutter safe from excessive wear and tear?

Never tried these stuff. But setting camera to Bulb Mode means the shutter opens as long as you press and hold the trigger. But not longer as up to 60min. So don't know how this mode could be helpfull for timelaps.

Your shutterboss list the X-T1 as compatible. So this would work with more than 999 pictures.

If I understood the document correctly then with a CMOS sensor an electronic shutter needs to read each line out separately. For Fuji it can be done in 1/32000 sec per line. That means for the X-T1 it will need to read out 3264 lines as it has a resolution of 4896 by 3264 pixels

Each line will take 1/32000.

1/32000 = 0.00003125 sec.

0.00003125 x 3264 = 0,102 seconds to read out the whole sensor.

So it takes at least 0.1 second to read out the whole sensor.

We all know what happens when we open the shutter for 0.1 second with fast moving objects. We would get unsharp images.

Quick movements during this 0.1 second might result in OOF pictures as there won't be compensation for the AF. It might also lead to unwanted artifacts.

By "effectively" I mean "without failing in ways the normal shutter wouldn't". So that famous photograph would be considered "inneffective" because it's full of distortions caused by the shutter.

In that sense, it sounds like if the subject is moving at a speed that would cause motion blur at 1/10s on a normal shutter, then on the electronic shutter there won't be motion blur, but instead some amount of "rolling shutter"?

I guess the overall effect will be less dramatic than actually shooting at 1/10s, since lots of the image won't be moving and some movements will happen after the "roll" has passed. On the other hand won't it create a really inconsistent result? Will we have to look in the review of a photo to assess whether there was shutter roll? Seems like something that will cause a lot of people to throw away shots in post when they notice weird artifacts.

There are times when I'd rather just shoot burst mode (impossible on X-E1 for speed reasons but apparently much more useful on new models) with the silencer enabled and keep the least-distorted one, so at least for the "silent shutter" aspect I'm still excited.

It seems like they might need to set expectations a bit with this feature. People are really confused about what it can and can't do, in addition to the actual vagueness inherent to the tech.

Indeed I hope one of the previewers like Zach Arias will give us some examples of people moving while the shutter is active so we can see the effect.

Jeremy,I think the 1/32000 shutter speed is extremely useful for most shooters. In practical use, one rarely, if at all needs a shutter speed above 1/4000 to freeze motion. However, one does, quite often, need a faster shutter speed to shoot at wide apertures in sunlight. Let us take an example. If a sports car is going at 200 km/hr...the distance it'll cover in 1/4000 secs is....13.8 millimeters. After that, we need to conside the magnification ratio - for example, if a 6000mm car is projecting a 16mm image (that's about 2/3 rd of the APS-C sensor - which is a much tougher composition than most people will be attempting IMHO), the apparent distance on the sensor will 13.8 x 16/6000 = 0.03 mm! multiply that by 10 to view on screen or paper, and apparent movement is still 0.3mm! This is about the worst case situation I think of for practical applications.. Usually for these applications one will be panning anyway since the point is to emphasize motion, not freeze it!

continuing...If you are one of the 0.0001% who need to reduce that 0.3 to 0.15mm you'll have bought a D4S or OMD-EM1 to begin with..On the other, for shooting in larger apertures: In a typical sunny 16 situation, and considering Fuji X bodies do not shoot RAW at lower than 200 ISO, the widest one can shoot at w/o maxing out shutter is 1/4000 is about f3.5. So, for example, to use the f1.2 aperture on the 56mm lens, one needs a 3 stop ND filter handy.This electronic shutter basically is just that - a 3 stop variable ND filter! Apart from also being useful where quite operation is required (like churches,etc).I agree one needs to set expectations regarding use of the elec shutter - but don't you think Fuji has done just that by clarifying that thesetting is not recommended for fast moving objects.... My view is that they don't need to give technical reasons as to why not because most photographers are interested in HOW it effects their shooting, and not WHY. (But i may be wrong)

flash news from fujirumors tweet "“Don’t worry they’ll do it [admin: introduce the 32,000 shutter speed to the black X-T1 via firmware]. The shutter is new on the Graphite but on the Blacks the update will work its trick. The EVF shuts down whilst taking the picture, the shutter opens and the sensor sends what it sees to the SD card instead of the EVF. I cannot go into more details (I work for Fuji and I am under NDA) but again the update will allows us to shoot at those crazy speed, it’s coming !!!!”"

..note: x-t1 has a new sensor, for x-t1 black ....different story, need a trick to have 1/32000.. (does it reduce the lifetime of the our mirrorless?

Considering how recently they pivoted into the semi-pro/mirrorless space it's entirely possible that they have been making all the right decisions and still not have market share. CaNikon have a huge head start and invested user base, it will take years for them to catch up at all, even if their cameras are perfect. This is especially as they build out their lens selection, which is a reason many pros don't switch. A full suite of f/2.8 constants will get a lot of people on board.

Mac OS was growing very slowly for a long time while it was blowing Windows XP/Vista away in terms of evolution and quality, but it's starting point was so small that for a long time it was hard to see it as anything but "still irrelevant".

Not to say Fuji is going to start dominating like Apple, but that Canon and Nikon are likely to end up like Microsoft: Losing out their core audience and forced to take second place in unexpected markets.

Agreed. It's still the same camera, just with a logical color variant. I really like my silver X-E1 and I think the color is part of what makes everyone think it's a vintage camera (they are always surprised that there's an LCD on the back!)

It's a bit of a false front, but it's really nice to have color options that reference real elements of camera design over the ages, rather than magenta plastic that just reminds you how artificial and replaceable modern cameras tend to be.

Who said anything about having problems with the old paint? What, you have a problem with fuji offering more options? Some might prefer silver over black, whats wrong with that?Are you jealous or just cynical?

JUst purchased the XT-1Have only taken a few test shots.Think it's great that Fuji seems to offer firmware updats to improved new and older models. So with the faster shutter speeds, the lack of a built in ND filter is now mute? If so sounds good.

Thanks, very true. Forgot that aspect Was only thinking fast shutter speed lets you shoot a fast lens wide open in bright light. Although I can't imaging ever needing 1/32,000 unless for special effects light catching a bullet in mid flight?

The high speeds quoted by various manufacturers for their electronic shutters are not real "action stopping" shutter speeds. The sensors are read out line by line and actually take about a 1/15 sec to complete a full read. Each line only exposes for a 1/32,000 sec but it takes 1/15 sec to complete the exposure. Thus you get 1/32,000 sec worth of light delivered to the sensor but over a 1/15 sec span. This means no flash and no real high speed photography. But the camera is perfectly silent which, for me, means a lot.

Thanks for the relatively clear explanation Photomonkey. It's hard to imagine how they can make it work, so the fact that it has a horrible limitation (1/15s) makes sense.

Still though it will be incredibly useful for sunset bokeh portraits. Sure hardcore landscape photographers will still need ND filters, but they were already bringing their tripods, triggers etc for that kind of thing. The other end (bright light, wide aperture) comes up a lot more randomly, so being able to solve it on the spot without extra gear will be a godsend.

Also the silence will be invaluable, and I'd use it just for that almost all of the time. Hate the noise from all modern cameras and was shocked that most of the mirrorless are just as bad as DSLRs. Can't wait to get a Fuji that has this ability.

Just a general question about the XT1. Can anybody who owns this camera vouch for the toughness of it and/or the effectiveness of the weather sealing? Just looking for some input from folks who have used this camera in punishing conditions.

Why wait until December to release the firmware for the black body to enable the new features? If the features work in the silver body in November, why not make the firmware update available then?Or will the new features, such as the 1/32,000/sec shutter speed, only be available even on the silver body with the December firmware release? The story doesn't seem clear to me on these points.

There's a lot of possible reasons. Maybe the camera is a bit different and they're still working out bugs that only happen in the old black one. Maybe the process of packaging and testing a firmware update is more complicated than we'd think, and takes more time than just releasing a camera that has it from the start.

The second seems crazy but they were so rushed to release two cameras and two lenses in time for Photokina that maybe it was a compromise they needed.

Just read the comments further down. On this release: http://www.fujifilm.com/news/n140910_02.html it says at the bottom that the features marked with * or *** will come to the black X-T1 with a firmware update in December.

On the X-E1 the silver was the core color, and black was painted on. I was completely torn which to get because I found both beautiful: the silver so adorably classic and black so sleek and stealthy. I chose silver because I read that the black paint chipped off sometimes (especially on the shutter release).

For the X-T1 it's the opposite. Black is the core color and grey is the paint, so I'd be tempted to stick with the black all else equal. We'll have to wait and see though, the promo descriptions of the grey paint make it sound like armor!

absolutely false ... xe1, xe2 or xt1 are core magnesium color ! ... then all are painted with a pre black paint and then texture : in black paint or in silver paint. Silver ones are silver painted ... and it can sratch two ...

It does not make sense AT ALL. Fuji has no idea how much light a sun or my lighting equipment puts out. Besides, there are plenty of lenses between f/4 and f/1.4, both Fuji's own and adopted (especially with focal reducers when you can get f/1.2 for $100).Also, it is not just 1/32000 which is limited as far as I understand - it is electronic shutter in its entirety (which add everything above 1/4000 and useful for its lack of noise and vibrations even below that). What does that have to do with lenses?

PeeveeDo you know what the aperture in a lens is and what it is used for?

If so, you would have known that the aperture in a lens regulates the light throughput.... Fast lenses can let more light through then slower lenses and to get proper exposed images you need ligt and at 1/32000 you need a lot of light.

At f1.2 or f1.4 you can reach the current 1/4000 shutter limit easily to which you need to stop down and deepen the DOF. With the slower zoom lenses you won't hit the current shutter limit of 1/4000 not as often (if at all) as with the fast primes.

So it makes sense to enable this 1/32000 feature for those fast primes first. As this allows you to fully open the aperture to f1.2 for those fast primes without the need to stop down.

"If so, you would have known that the aperture in a lens regulates the light throughput.... Fast lenses can let more light through then slower lenses and to get proper exposed images you need ligt and at 1/32000 you need a lot of light."

Yet that has nothing to do with limitation on electronic shutter.

"So it makes sense to enable this 1/32000 feature for those fast primes first."

No it does not - you can enable it for ALL lenses, why single out any specifically? No other manufacturer does that, it actually requires extra development.

Can I mount one of these on a frisbee or a baseball cap, and capture the image to a QX1 in my pocket, and trigger the shutter with my newfangled Apple wristwatch, as well as find my car in a parking lot and check my pulse?

The catch is that each line of pixels on the sensor can be read as fast as 1/32000 but they can't all be read at once. On some Panasonic sensors it can take up to 1/10 of a sec to read the entire sensor resulting in major jello effect with any subject or camera movement at all. Oly's sensor can be read in 1/60 of a sec. Hopefully this will happen even faster on the X-Trans II sensor though there is no evidence either way at this point.

Bravo Fuji - it looks just lovely, the silver X-T1 Edition. About the X-E2: Since we all new the X100, where from Fuji's X-Series Success a couple years ago startet, i'd guess they update the E2 soon as well.

I hope so too, The X-E2 is basically 90% the same camera as the X-T1 in terms of its components . There is no reason for it to not get a firmware update. I hope Fuji is not changing their great firmware update tradition on older models.

Ditto, I'm sticking with the X-E2 because of form factor but would really like a couple of the things in the FW update. It concerns me that Fuji did not also announce for the X-E2 since I can't see any reason not to if they are going to make the features available for that camera. OTOH, the update for the X-E2 would be a different beast since it presumably would include remote control via Fuji's phone app....

It's sad but also quite possible that the software on the X-E2 is now just too far behind what they're currently working on with the X-T1/X100t/X30, and backporting features would be too much work. Back in X-PRO times the firmware was changing very little and was almost the same on all cameras so it was probably easy to merge changes into older cameras. It seems like the X-T1 was a huge rewrite of the software, which may have changed the game.

Not excusing it, I think some of these changes should be ported back to X-E1! Just explaining why they might not be.

Hopefully they're planning updates for the X100S/X-E2 but just aren't promising it until it's almost ready. They MUST do it for the X-T1 so they announced right away, but maybe they're waiting to be sure it will be ready before announcing updates to other cameras.

I hope you are correct. that it will come, I think you are. It could also be that that they are protecting the sales of the X-T1. The X-E2 and X-T1 are basically the same camera, so I'm not sure they had to rewrite a lot. Same processor, same sensor, same metering system, same base AF system, same menus, same viewfinder (they just added a "loupe" in front of it for the X-T1) etc..

Fujirumors site confirms that existing users of black XT1 will also get 1/32000 and electronic shutter via firmware. Can you guys at dpreview confirm it through FUJI? It is not clear from the release. It is very important, as it is one area where I constantly run into issues with fast Fuji lenses and 1/4000 shutter speed on my XT1.

if you look at the above link and pay attention to asterisk mark and footnotes, you will notice that the 1/32000 shutter is coming to the black ones with the new firmware. Specifically, that is Main Feature#2. There are more to be excited about as well.

No not really - At FujiRumors it was unclear. Existing X-T1's might need a hardware upgrade to get 1/32000 shutterspeed working and that you will need to pay for that upgrade to get your camera upspecced.

However, his source twice confirmed that it would come in firmware. Also this is stated in the Fuji Guys first look video. It would be good to have official written confirmation as it is not in the change list.

Thanks for that. It does indeed confirm it which is great news. Basically, after December the only difference between the 2 models will be the finish which again shows what a decent company Fuji are not leaving their older customers feeling short-changed.

Rolling shutter controls the exposure, not freezes the moment. It means that only one portion of the sensor is exposed at 1/32000s at a time, readout of the whole frame may take up to for example 1/40s

for the sake of example - imagine that sensor is read one line at a time.First line is read at 1/32000s, then a second line is read in another 1/32000s and so on until the whole frame is read.

I see. But how long does it take for the complete exposure on the Fuji? I wouldn't expect it to be as long as 1/40s.

For video work shutter speeds are usually much longer so the effect is more pronounced. There are many cameras that use electronic first curtain up to maximum shutter speeds, so presumably it takes less than that length of time to complete the exposure?

The temptation is huge. Constantly changing interfaces, few, if any guidelines for user interaction... it gets very tiring. I understand the fanboi reasons for sticking with it, but this system is fracturing at a rapid pace.

Find it amusing those who claim I don't know how to use my Fuji cameras. Just had a couple of images published using my X10. I gave the system a shot in all kinds of different shooting situations. Wanted it to work for everything. Guess what? In my opinion it is simply not ready yet!

Yes. It is lighter. Yes, I enjoy shooting with it. Notice I did not say I was going to abandoned the Fuji system? I'm just not going to go any further with it for now.

To answer my own question, I'm fairly sure this will be the case as Zack Arias states that selecting electronic shutter on the X100T disables the hotshoe. Presumably it'll be the same in the XT=-1 silver and being a cmos it will be a rolling electronic shutter rather than an absolute one as CCDs are.

Still useful for the fast primes in natural light but at least my newly purchased 62mm ND filters are not going to be immediately redundant if I purchase this beast :)

It would seem that in the X100T and therefore, in all probability the XT-1 the internal flash and hotshot are totally disabled so I'm not sure if the wireless transmitter would work. I'm also going to presume you can't fire strobes through the PC sync socket (though I have not seen that written yet - can anyone confirm). I suspect it is to do with the way cmos (as opposed to ccd) electronic shutters currently operate.

For X100 it is not a big deal anyway because you can have flash xsync at 1/2000 due to leaf shutter. plus you have build-in ND filter from the first X100 through the models. And the lens is F2, not F/1.2-1.4 where it matters. I was just at vacation, and I did not want to bother with ND filters all the time, but I can't tell you how many times I was frustrated with my 56/1.2 because I had to stop it at F/3.5+ due to 1/4000 limit. For me that 1/32000 is extremely important feature on my XT1.

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